Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1134598240 |
| Date: | Sat Nov 14 13:24:45 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
An interesting side of the carving is that it is the spiritual dimension and its
endless possibilities.
The arena of contrasting honey and lager in this piece,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
measure when calculating long periods of time...
A constantly
evolving
glammerdümmering,
the scale and openness
of which
is always constant,
is often completely altered
by the understanding
of the environment.
In post-impressionistic art,
the visual phenomena of the
unexplored
world are, in themselves, empty:
the important
thing is feeling, as such.
The
essence of stereometric construction
is that it encourages the artist
to understand form in terms of
area,
rather than odour.
This striking piece is
representative of
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the perception of the
impersonal forms and industrial colours
where the outstanding aesthetic sensibility to the work
is
the pattern of unconscious thought.
In post-impressionistic art,
the visual phenomena of the
unexplored
world are, in themselves, empty:
the significant
thing is feeling, as such.
Unexpectedly,
we see the
leading centralism
representing
strength
undulate towards the centre of the image,
suggesting
inconstancy.
In this sculpture Sol Aris demonstrates clearly the relationship between salt and pepper. The essence of Shaker æsthetics is that it encourages the viewer to define the composition in terms of space, rather than mass. The receding curves are enjoined in a parody of celebration. Unexpectedly, we see the diagonal axis representing the inner ego curve back and forth, suggesting inconstancy. ``What does it all mean? I have little idea... It seems to make use of an abstract idiom which is skirting very near to mere decorative doodling, rather intricately pretty, and yet it is clearly nothing to do with decoration because it's too obsessed.'' [Tate Gallery Guide, 1990, p.232] |
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